Reply #52: The thread title is misrepresentative of what the scientist said.

[BurtWorm]

The scientist (Eric Pianka) did not call for anything but awareness about how dangerously overpopulated the earth is. Apparently, he, perhaps, inadvisably "wished for" a strain of virus that would cure the problem, but he never suggested it should be inflicted by humans on other humans. This thread title is more worthy of a conservative sight than a progressive one. It keeps a simplistic reading of a nuanced talk alive--much as a Republican reading of nuanced Democratic ideas misrepresent and devalue the ideas in question. This thread (or the title of it) does a disservice to DU.